Our Providers

Thomas V. King, MD

Dr. King pioneered Rapid Recovery after Same Day Total Joint Replacement, the foundation of the A.V.A.T.A.R.® program. With more than 20,000 surgeries performed, his experience has allowed his patients to walk and do stairs immediately after surgery, go home within hours of the surgery with no overnight hospital stay and achieve the same level of recovery in 3 to 6 weeks that normally takes 3 to 6 months. By orchestrating the many facets of the surgical and rehabilitation process, he has been able to document better outcomes after a faster recovery and an earlier return to work and avocations.

Memberships and Certifications:

Diplomate, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
Fellow, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
Fellow, Orthopedic Research Society
Member, New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society
Honorary Fellow, Hungarian Orthopedic Association
Director, The Knee, Hip and Shoulder Center

Moby Parsons, MD

• SuperPATH Hip Replacement
• Conformis Custom Partial and Total Knee Replacement
• Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement
• Resurfacing Total Shoulder Replacement
• Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
• Ream and Run Procedure

Dr. Parsons implanted the first reverse shoulder replacement in the state of New Hampshire and has extensive experience with this procedure. His expertise in the treatment of shoulder arthritis has led to work with implant companies on prosthesis design as well as clinical outcomes research that has impacted the way some shoulder problems are treated. Dr. Parsons most recently has helped develop a surgical navigation system for shoulder replacement that will help surgeons more accurately reconstruct arthritic shoulders. He often serves as faculty at courses teaching other surgeons how to perform shoulder replacement surgery and his work has fostered numerous publications and abstracts at national meetings. Dr. Parsons recently joined Dr. King at the Knee Hip and Shoulder Center recognizing a unique opportunity to synergize his expertise with a practice highly regarded for the treatment of arthritis and for excellence in joint replacement surgery. Prior to that he served as the Medical Director of the Joint Replacement Center at Wentworth Douglass Hospital for 8 years. He brings with him the collaborative experience of building a joint replacement program with the aim of continuing the tradition of excellence that Dr. King has built at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. Dr. Parsons was invited to be a member of the prestigious American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. He also pioneered the Swift Total Hip, a hybrid technique that combines elements of the SPAIRE and SuperPATH approaches to spare key muscles and speed recovery.

Memberships and Certifications:

Diplomat, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Fellow, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
Founding Member, New England Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
Member, New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society
Member, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

Kurt T. Geffken, MD

Dr. Kurt Geffken was hand selected by Dr. King and Dr. Parsons to join the Avatar team at King & Parsons. He specializes in primary and revision total joint replacement of the hip, knee and shoulder.

Born and raised in New England, Dr. Geffken completed his undergraduate and medical education in Virginia. He returned home for his orthopedic surgery residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He then completed subspecialty fellowship training in Adult Joint Reconstruction at Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan in Grand Rapids, where he focused on complex revision surgery and deformity reconstruction.

Patients who come to him with a hip or knee that has already been operated on, or one that doesn’t fit the textbook, are the ones he trained for. His approach is careful planning, efficient and reproducible technique, and a clear focus on getting each patient back to the activities that matter most to them. He brings that to the same Avatar program and recovery team that have earned King & Parsons its reputation across the Seacoast.

Dr. Geffken, his wife and their two young sons are thrilled to be back in New Hampshire and settled on the Seacoast.

Memberships and Certifications:

Board Eligible, Adult Joint Reconstruction

Specialties: Primary and revision total joint replacement of the hip, knee and shoulder; complex revision surgery and deformity reconstruction

Kathleen Leavitt

MD

• Co-Founder/Co-Manager of the Knee, Hip and Shoulder Center, established 2003
• Provider of office and hospital-based care for surgical and nonsurgical orthopaedic patients since 1991
• Surgical first assistant for total joint reconstruction and sports medicine surgical procedures of the knee, hip and shoulder for more than 25 years
• Co-creater with Thomas Vking, MD of the AVATAR Rapid Recovery Program
  • Development of comprehensive perioperative protocols for safe, effective and successful joint replacement episode of care with reduced length of stay
  • Perioperative navigator and care coordinator for patients following rapid recovery total joint surgery
• Organized several medical missions to Guayaquil, Ecuador performing total knee replacements and providing orthopaedic care to the impoverished, 2002-2013.

Memberships and Certifications:

• American Association of Physician Assistants
• Physician Assistant Orthopaedic Society
• New Hampshire Society of Physician Assistants
• National Commision on the Certification of Physician Assistants – Certified

Stacey Riley

PA-C

Education, Training, and Teaching

• Undergraduate: Salve Regina University, Newport, RI: BS 1998
  Graduate: University of New England, Biddeford, ME: MS, Physician Assistant, 200M
• Fellowship: Physician Assistant Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship, 2005-2006
• Prior Experience: United States Navy, Branch Medical Clinic, Mayport, FL 2002-2005
  United States Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan, 2006-2009
  Seacoast Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Physician Assistant, 2009-2017
  The Knee, Hip and Shoulder Center, Physician Assistant, 2017-present

Dustin Forrest

APRN